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  • Hindi film whose story is co-written by a Bengali scriptwriter to premiere at Cannes

    123456 Kolkata: In May 1954, Bimal Roy's ‘Do Bigha Zamin' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The cinematic masterpiece, whose story was penned by Salil Chowdhury, garnered the prestigious Prix International at Cannes. It was the first Indian film ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    From Shahid Minar to Gandhi statue, then Y-Channel: Jobless stir shifts venue twice

    1234 Kolkata: Teachers, who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court order, said that they were happy with the discussions with the state but they wanted to keep up the pressure.On Saturday, they shifted their sit-in demonstration twice — ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Video of siblings assaulting woman over property dispute in Barasat goes viral

    123 Kolkata: A shocking video has gone viral on social media, revealing a brutal case of domestic violence in Barasat, where an expatriate woman was allegedly assaulted by her own siblings over a property dispute just days after their ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    In uncertain times, state keeps teacher-transfer order in abeyance

    123 Kolkata: The transfer process initiated by the state school education department following an order on March 31, 2023, to maintain student-teacher ratio in state-aided primary, upper primary, secondary and HS schools has been put in the back burner. ...

    13 April 2025 Times of India
    Nearby getaways look at biz boost with 2 long weekends

    Kolkata: Two consecutive long weekends — Ambedkar Jayanti on Monday and Poila Baisakh on Tuesday, followed by the Good Friday holiday the following week — have prompted Kolkatans to plan short holidays to nearby getaways, leading to a surge ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Boosting biomining only way to tackle Dhapa fire’

    Kolkata: Fast-tracking the biomining activity at the waste mound at Dhapa is the only way the smouldering fire, and the pollution it generates, can be tackled, state pollution control board chairman Kalyan Rudra told TOI. On Friday, smoke continued ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    West Bengal Waqf protests: Fresh violence breaks out in Murshidabad; 1 injured

    NEW DELHI: Violence erupted again on Saturday in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, where one person sustained a bullet injury in Dhulian, Samserganj block. This follows extensive unrest on Friday in Suti and Samserganj areas during demonstrations against the Waqf ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Close call for ISF legislator Naushad Siddiqui as speeding truck rams his SUV in West Bengal

    HOWRAH: ISF legislator Naushad Siddiqui had a close call when a speeding truck dashed into the vehicle he was travelling in. The incident took place around 11 pm on Friday.According to Howrah City Police officials, Naushad Siddiqui was travelling ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    New heart op method in city hosp a life-saver for high-risk patients

    Kolkata: At least four patients with blood leakage from the mitral valve underwent treatment using a new technique in a city hospital. Doctors said this minimally invasive procedure, done through a keyhole, can be a saviour for high-risk patients ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    2 techies die in car-truck crash, 2 others in hosp

    Howrah: Two persons, both IT employees in Kolkata, were killed on the highway near Bagnan when the car they were travelling in dashed into a truck. Two other IT employees who were in the vehicle were injured. Ankush Bhattacharjee ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Over 110 arrested in Murshidabad in violence over Waqf Act, internet suspended, raids on in other districts: West Bengal police

    Murshidabad violence (Photo: PTI) KOLKATA: Over 110 people were arrested in connection with the unrest that erupted in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during a demonstration against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, police stated on Saturday.Multiple vehicles, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee trying to create Bangladesh by 'threatening Hindus': BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar

    KOLKATA: Amid turmoil over violence in Murshidabad, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday alleged West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee of "threatening Hindus" and trying to "create a Bangladesh here".He further censured the police force for ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘I’ve killed my mother’: Depressed Kolkata man stabs mom to death, spends night with body, confesses to tea vendor

    KOLKATA: A 33-year-old man, under treatment for depression and mental issues, was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly killing his mother at their flat in Rajarhat Vedic Village.The man allegedly confessed before the cops that he had stabbed his ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    After regime change, Dhaka Poila Baisakh event changes name

    Kolkata: Since the Aug uprising, this is the first Poila Baisakh celebration in Bangladesh, and it will have the least participation of Bengalis from India. Organised by the faculty of fine arts at the University of Dhaka, the procession ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    ZSI scientists discover six new Scarab Beetle species in India, reinforcing urgency for conservation efforts

    Representative Image KOLKATA: In a scientific breakthrough, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), in collaboration with Germany’s Museum A. Koenig, have discovered six new species of Sericinae scarab beetles from the biodiversity-rich regions of India. The findings, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Waqf protesters attack cops in Jangipur, damage rail property

    Behrampore: Fresh waqf protests broke out in Jangipur's Suti and Samserganj on Friday, with police resorting to lathi-charge and bursting tear gas shells to stop the protestors from blocking NH-12 and the railway tracks.Sources said the state govt has ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    10-year wait comes to an end as Andal airport gets a lounge

    123 Kolkata: A 1,500 sq ft lounge is now operational at the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (KNIA) in Durgapur, fulfilling the long-standing demand of corporate executives and businessmen who frequently fly out of or into the airport.The tastefully designed ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Sarsuna locals save two girls from sex predators

    Kolkata: Two minors, barely in their teens, were allegedly sexually harassed after being confined to a house in Sarsuna on Thursday late evening. The two accused were previously known to them. Locals launched a search operation after the two ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    In debt, postal staffer ‘raids’ bank with gas-lighter ‘gun’

    Kolkata: A 33-year-old postal department employee, a resident of Avenue South in Santoshpur and an organising committee member of one of the biggest Durga Pujas in the area, allegedly attempted to rob the SBI Santoshpur branch — armed with ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    2 arrested for eatery-dating app fraud

    Kolkata: The city police's cyber cell has uncovered a dating-app fraud scheme operating through a restaurant on Elgin Road, and arrested two individuals on Thursday. The scam came to light when multiple victims reported being forced to pay exorbitant ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Never expected violence, arson threats from teachers, says CP

    1234 Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma claimed on Friday that the police did not expect teachers to assault cops and resort to violence. "It was a teachers' programme. What can you expect? Nobody expects that teachers will resort ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    SI accused of kicking teacher won’t probe clash cases: Top cop

    Kolkata: Sub-inspector Ritan Das, accused of kicking a teacher during a protest at the school district inspector's office in Kasba on April 9, would not investigate either of the two cases registered about the clash, said KP commissioner Manoj ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    For second day in a row, rally pain hits commuters east, west, centre

    Kolkata: For the second day in a row, twin protests against new Waqf law and school job loss again disrupted traffic in large parts of Kolkata as well as Salt Lake on Friday, leaving thousands of commuters — office-goers, ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Bank official dupes client of 1.1 crore

    Kolkata: Shakespeare Sarani police station, along with the detective department anti-cheating wing, has launched a probe against a relationship manager of a private bank, who allegedly duped a customer of Rs 1.1 crore through fraudulent investment schemes.The accused, who ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    BJP MLA advises ‘firearms at home’, TMC hits back

    123 Kolkata: A Bankura BJP MLA's call on Friday to people to keep "legal" firearms in their homes prompted Trinamool to hit back, saying this proved the saffron party's scant regard for law.In a video, BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Can’t claim public space as a right, no Hanuman Chalisa on Red Rd: Cal HC

    Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday refused permission for a mass recital of Hanuman Chalisa on Red Road on Saturday to mark Hanuman Jayanti, saying no one could claim a public place as a matter of right.The petitioner, Hindu ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Edu min: Eligible list, 22L OMRs to be published if law permits

    Kolkata: The list of eligible and ineligible candidates among school staffers who have lost their jobs would be published on the School Service Commission portal within April 21 subject to legal advice, Bengal education minister Bratya Basu said on ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Two bikers thrash cabby, vandalise car

    Kolkata: Two bikers reportedly stopped a cab owner close to Acropolis Mall in Kasba, pelted the vehicle with stones and made away with his cash. Police said the suspected road rage took place last week. An FIR has been ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Ultraviolette to begin European sales of performance e-bikes

    123 Kolkata: Bengaluru-based e-bike maker Ultraviolette is set to ship the first consignment of performance motorcycles to Germany by early next month. While Royal Enfield sells bikes in Europe, Ultraviolette is poised to become the first Indian e-bike manufacturer ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Teacher Who Asked To Set Fire at DI Office Reacts

    Kolkata: The teacher at the centre of a protest controversy clarified that his widely circulated remarks about "petrol" referred to self-immolation, not threats against govt property. Pratap Raychowdhury, former ninth and tenth-grade teacher at Sonarpur MC High School, made ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Never expected arson, violence threats from teachers, says CP

    123 Kolkata: Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Verma claimed on Friday that the police did not expect teachers to assault cops and resort to violence. "It was a teachers' programme. What can you expect? Nobody expects that teachers will resort ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Cluster school concept to salvage science classes

    123 Kolkata: Facing an unprecedented situation in which schools are being forced to close down their science classes and laboratories, the state higher secondary council on Friday urged schools to adopt the "cluster" hub-and-spoke model to tide over the ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Voice of dissent, ‘chashar beta’: Former minister Rezzak Molla passes away at 81

    Kolkata: Former state minister Abdur Rezzak Molla passed away at his ancestral home in Bhangar on Friday morning. He was 81. Molla had served as a minister in cabinets of three chief ministers — Jyoti Basu, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Teachers march, demand jobs and honour back

    123 Kolkata: We are already in pain, and now the police are trying to portray us as criminals, alleging we attacked them first, said Amit Ranjan Bhuniya, a physical science teacher from Kultali in South 24 Parganas, who was ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Ganguly faces go-back slogan

    123 BJP MP Abhijit Ganguly on Friday faced "go-back" slogans from the protesting teachers who asked him to keep politics out of the issue. As Ganguly was taken off by his security personnel from the podium, he shot back ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    CM to hold waqf act meet with Muslim community leaders on April 16

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with religious figures from the Muslim community on April 16 to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The meeting will be attended by imams, muezzins and other intellectuals from across the ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Coast Guard foils high-sea smuggling of betel nuts worth Rs 1cr

    Kolkata: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) foiled a high-sea smuggling attempt of betel nuts worth nearly Rs 1 crore on Thursday and apprehended the sailors.ICG ship Varad, while patrolling the International Maritime Boundary in Bay of Bengal, spotted suspicious movements ...

    12 April 2025 Times of India
    Veteran West Bengal leader Abdur Razzak Mollah dies at 80; CM Mamata Banerjee calls it 'irreplaceable void'

    Abdur Razzak Mollah, former West Bengal minister and veteran leader, passed away at 80 due to age-related ailments. NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal minister and veteran leader Abdur Razzak Mollah passed away at his ancestral home in South ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather April 11: Rain and warmth expected

    In Kolkata, the weather for April 10, 2025, brings a mix of warmth and rain. If you’re planning your day or the days ahead, keep reading for key insights:Today's Breakdown:Date: April 10, 2025 Sunrise and Sunset: The sun will ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC teachers protest: Kolkata police chief orders probe, kick-cop taken off active duty

    Sub-Inspector Ritan Das is under investigation after a clash with SSC teacher protesters in Kasba, Kolkata. Das claims a lapse in concentration led to protesters snatching his lathi and assaulting him. The incident has divided the Kolkata Police, with ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Hamas, ISIS flags are visible here but Ram Navami flags are removed from cars: Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh

    NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, alleging selective targeting of religious symbols during Ram Navami celebrations.Speaking to reporters, Ghosh claimed that in West Bengal, "Here you will find Hamas, Palestine, Pakistan, ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Protesting Bengal teachers allege police brutality; kicked in 'self-defence', counters Kasba cop

    KOLKATA: Sub-inspector Ritan Das of Kasba police station, whose actions during Wednesday’s scuffle with protesting SSC candidates triggered widespread outrage, has been taken off active duty pending an inquiry. The development comes after police commissioner Manoj Verma ordered a ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    'Don't foresee salary problem after CM Mamata Banerjee's assurance to job losers': Minister Bratya Basu

    Central Kolkata came to a grinding halt on Thursday as rallies taken out by outfits protesting the new waqf law overlapped with separate processions taken out by teachers who have lost their jobs and Left Front affiliates. The gridlock ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    After RGK ‘walkover’, BJP hits ground early to appropriate teachers’ protest

    123 Kolkata: For the main opposition BJP, which literally gave a ‘walkover' to the Left during the RG Kar protests a few months ago, the SSC issue has provided them with a platform to lead the opposition charges. The ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Smoke from Dhapa fire, smelting activities chokes Bypass residents

    Kolkata: Residents living in upscale condominium projects near JW Marriott and Tangra off Bypass are unable to open their windows — in apartments costing over Rs 1.5 crore — to prevent thick acrid smoke from a fire raging in ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    CBI nabs 13th suspect in 2021 post-poll murder

    Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Amit Das, a key suspect in the 2021 murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar in Narkeldanga. The accused, working as a food delivery agent in the Kestopur-New Town area, was ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Man held for raping woman with spl needs

    Kolkata: A 52-year-old man was arrested within an hour of a rape complaint being filed against him for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old woman with special needs in the Rabindrapally area of Kestopur. The accused, Kaushik Bhattacharya, is a private ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Waqf-SSC stirs grip city heart in twin choke-hold

    Kolkata: Central Kolkata had a chock-a-block start to Thursday as thousands of protesters, belonging to organisations, like Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind and its affiliates, converged on a spot near Ramlila Maidan on CIT Road and surroundings as early as 7am, catching school- ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    KP files two cases for clash, claims arson bid

    123 Kolkata: The Kolkata Police registered two FIRs on the clash at the Kasba school district inspector's office on Wednesday, one following a complaint from the DI office and the other filed suo motu by the Kasba PS, based ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Commute pain: Students and office-goers bear rally brunt

    123456 Kolkata: Back-to-back rallies and the consequent traffic disruptions impacted the commute of students, both while going to school and also while returning home after dispersal. A school bus from the South Point junior section, ferrying children home after ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    TagoreTech’s radio frequency lab in Sec V to start ops in 2-3 mths

    Kolkata: The city's first private radio frequency (RF) laboratory, being set up by Chicago-based semiconductor company TagoreTech, will be operational in Salt Lake's Sector V in the next two-three months. The company is considering shifting some of its product ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Waqf-SSC stirs grip city heart in twin choke-hold

    Kolkata: Central Kolkata had a chock-a-block start to Thursday as thousands of protesters, belonging to organisations, like Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind and its affiliates, converged on a spot near Ramlila Maidan on CIT Road and surroundings as early as 7am, catching school- ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Day after Kasba cop kick, jobless teachers lay siege near SSC office

    Kolkata: The "kickgate" episode ignited strong emotions with jobless teachers launching a two-pronged protest on Thursday. While one group camped outside the SSC office in Salt Lake on a relay hunger strike, another group took out a mass rally ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Ahead of Poila Baisakh, festive shopping in stir throes

    Kolkata: Thursday was expected to be one of the busiest days for retailers ahead of Poila Boishakh, but it turned into a nightmare as twin rallies disrupted festive shopping across the city.Several schools and offices were shut on Thursday ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Lightning strike kills BSF constable in N Bengal

    12 Siliguri: A 42-year-old constable of 18th Battalion of BSF died after being struck by lightning along the India-Bangladesh border at Bandargach in Phansidewa on the outskirts of Siliguri on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Deepak Kumar, a ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Katju sparks TMC ire with post, deletes it

    Kolkata: Facing backlash on social media, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Thursday deleted a social media post asking "Bengalis to find a good husband for Mamata Banerjee". The ex-judge's post had drawn Trinamool's ire, with party spokesperson ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Youths’ air rifle practice kills stray

    123 Kolkata: Two youths fatally injured a stray dog with pellets fired from an air rifle in broad daylight in the Moyna-Ardebak area under Barasat police station, sparking widespread outrage among local residents.According to eyewitnesses, the accused youths—Sishir Roy ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘Deliberate attempt to stoke DI office row’

    123 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Thursday alleged that there was a "deliberate attempt" to instigate trouble at the Kasba DI office, questioning whether these attempts were being stoked by the opposition to stop the state from finding a legal ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    RG Kar protesters and Left join teachers in march for the jobless

    123 Kolkata: A number of individuals, who marched during the R G Kar protests, have joined the agitation by the deprived teachers, who took out a rally on Thursday, criticising the assault on teachers by policemen at the Kasba ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops moot Kasba outpost at Bypass

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police, based on local inputs and detective department inputs, are planning to overhaul policing in the Kasba Tagore Park area to enhance security. Among several plans, one is to try and set up an outpost on ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Asiatic Society launches AI initiative to decipher ancient manuscripts in archives

    123 Kolkata: The Asiatic Society is embarking on a groundbreaking initiative to unlock the vast repository of ancient wisdom hidden within its archives. With over 52,000 manuscripts—many undeciphered for centuries—the institution is now leveraging transcription technology and machine learning ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Rlys eviction notice on Kgp bungalow used by Dilip

    123 Kharagpur: The railways on Tuesday asked Tushar Kanti Ghosh, a former member of the Passenger Services Committee who was allotted a 230-square metre railway bungalow in Kharagpur until March 2020, to vacate it or face eviction. The bungalow ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Kali idol faces stolen from Kumartuli

    Kolkata: The clay faces of Kali mouled for two eight-foot idols were stolen from a potter's studio in the Kumartuli potters' hub, raising concern among local artisans about the bizarre nature of the crime in the area.The theft, which ...

    11 April 2025 Times of India
    Rajarhat complex dog bite case divides city housing societies

    Kolkata: The debate over pet safety and responsibilities at housing complexes has surfaced again in Kolkata following an incident last week where a pet pitbull — a dog banned by the central govt — allegedly bit and scratched a ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Experts caution young gym-goers about cardiac risks in summer heat

    KOLKATA: Fitness enthusiasts who love to sweat it out in the gym or go for long morning jogs have been warned to watch out for the rising heat and humidity, which could not only be energy-sapping but fatal as ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata crawls due to massive protests by jobless teachers, Jamiat-e-Ulama

    KOKLATA: The city centre remained choked throughout Thursday morning — once again mid-week — as two separate protests, held just 1.5 km apart, brought north-south traffic to a crawl. One rally was organised by the West Bengal State Jamiat-e-Ulama ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Revisiting Bombai Ka Babu

    The original poster of the film with Madhubala (left,) (centre) Suchitra Sen with Dev Anand and (right) the hand-painted film poster with Suchitra Sen Sixty five years have passed, yet the magic of Bombai Ka Babu still remains intact. ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    ‘My wife is paralysed and lost her speech. Will bring her home only after hospital cures her fully’

    123456 Kolkata: Days after an Amherst Row resident submitted to the Calcutta High Court his financial inability to take his disabled wife back home from a private hospital, TOI visited and spoke to the man sitting in an AC ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Flash protests at busy crossings throw evening traffic out of gear

    Kolkata: Flash protests against against 25,752 teachers losing their jobs threw traffic out of gear in south Kolkata on Wednesday evening. Though each of the demonstrations at Park Circus, Kasba and Gariahat crossing lasted only five to 15 minutes, ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Sacked teachers' names still on West Bengal salary list

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal govt has retained the names of all teachers - whose services were terminated by the Supreme Court - on its Integrated Salary Management System (ISMS) portal. However, those who lost their jobs are in two ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Proceed with probe, let Ram Navami rule ‘flouters’ face the music, HC tells cops

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the police to proceed with the investigation against 10 organisers of the Ram Navami rallies in Howrah and Shibpur. This was based on the cases registered suo motu for violating the ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    HC: Can’t let her be thrown out

    Kolkata: Due to the unavailability of advocate general Kishore Dutta on Wednesday, the matter concerning an ailing woman ‘abandoned' at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals for over two years will be heard on April 21. The husband of the woman was ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Promoter, goons thrash 62-yr-old for ‘illegal’ building complaint

    Kolkata: A 62-year-old retired private company employee and social worker, Bijoy Neogi, claimed that he was assaulted by a local promoter and his goons early on Wednesday after he opposed the construction of an "illegal" building in his locality. ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    All teachers’ names on state salary list

    Kolkata: The Integrated Salary Management System (ISMS) portal, the online bill generation system, started functioning from Wednesday afternoon. No changes were made by the state govt even after the Supreme Court order. However, those who lost their jobs are ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    After ‘party prod’, BJP MP shies away from edu min meet

    Kolkata: BJP MP Abhijit Ganguly, an ex-judge, went to the School Service Commission's Salt Lake office on Wednesday but did not have the schedule 2 pm meeting with education minister Bratya Basu, which he himself had confirmed on Tuesday.On ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Tolly’s Nullah bridges: Cop SOS to civic agencies

    1234 Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police has issued an SOS to civic agencies, such as HRBC, KMDA and the irrigation department, requesting the repairs of multiple bridges, which will help them streamline the movement of vehicles, especially trucks, on ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Aesthetics & convenience: Airport to woo flyers with a glossy revamp

    Kolkata: Work on removing the worn-out carpets at Kolkata airport's integrated passenger terminal is set to commence next week. The dark grey-blue carpets will give way to bright flake epoxy flooring, which is expected to impart a new sheen ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    After 53 years, another ‘Joker’ goes to Moscow film festival

    Kolkata: In 1972, Raj Kapoor sold the Russian version of ‘Mera Naam Joker' (1970) to Russian distributors for Rs 15 lakh. The film, which was a huge flop in India, became a massive hit in Russia, earning Rs 17 ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    JU limbo stalls fellowship & PhD entry, IoE status appeal

    Kolkata: Important academic and administrative work at Jadavpur University, such as release of student fellowship, admission to PhD, thesis evaluation and writing to the education ministry to reconsider the Institute of Eminence tag, have been stalled due to the ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    No place for divide-and-rule policies in Bengal: Mamata

    Kolkata: Policies that divide people would not be allowed in Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, a day after Centre notified the Waqf (Amendment Act) 2025 into a law, adding that she would keep advocating unity and love ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    SSC job losers march to DI offices across Bengal, face off with police

    Kolkata: A section of teachers and non-teaching staff of govt-aided schools in Bengal — rendered jobless after Supreme Court ruled their selection process "vitiated and tainted" last week — tried to break into school district inspector (DI) offices across ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Panel tells hosp to pay 50k for treatment delay

    Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has directed Manipal Hospital Dhakuria to pay compensation of Rs 50,000 for the delay in starting the treatment of a patient, who is now in a comatose state at home.The patient's ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Mullick Ghat flower waste to power perfume, abir and incense industry

    Kolkata: A huge volume of flowers that goes to waste daily at Mullick Ghat, the city's wholesale flower market off Strand Road near Howrah Bridge, may be processed for use in manufacture of natural incense, perfume and abir. The ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Custody confession valid in drugs cases: HC

    Kolkata: Confessions made during police interrogations in drugs bust cases under NDPS Act were maintainable in court, the Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench held on Friday, refusing to quash criminal proceedings against a man, implicated based on the ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    CR Park video: After LS polls, TMC brings back ‘maachh’ to its 3-M slogan

    Kolkata: A viral video where a person is seen purportedly schooling a Chittaranjan Park fish-seller on eating habits of ‘Sanatani' Hindus in Delhi had reverberations nearly 1,500 km away in Kolkata, with Trinamool speaking out against imposing "alien" food ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Internet cut off in Jangipur after violence during waqf protests

    Behrampore: Internet services have been suspended in the Jangipur sub-division from Tuesday evening to Friday, and prohibitory orders have been placed following violent protests on the waqf issue. On Wednesday, protesters attempted to block the National Highway 12 in ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Ex-boyfriend held for harassing bank staffer with 300 CODs

    Kolkata: An ex-boyfriend of a young bank executive was arrested for spooking her with 300 cash-on-delivery orders in four months, which led the woman to file a harassment complaint.TOI reported on March 7 about the 24-year-old woman who faced ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Cops bust fake call centre in Patuli, 8 held

    123 Kolkata: The DD Cyber Cell of Kolkata Police conducted a raid on a fake call centre operating from the Baishnabghata-Patuli area off EM Bypass, leading to the arrest of eight individuals involved in an out-of-the-box online fraud scheme.The ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Eco Park pressure prompts New Town traffic rejig

    1234 Kolkata: To tackle the rising traffic volumes, increasing office spaces, and a spate of recent accidents, Bidhannagar city police is bringing in a major traffic overhaul on Biswa Bangla Sarani in New Town. The New Town Traffic Guard ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    56-yr-old gets 25-year RI for rape, impregnation of minor in Jalpaiguri

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    Teacher gets 40 years for sex assault of girl with disabilities

    12 Siliguri: The Darjeeling district court convicted a 24-year-old teacher for the sexual assault of a minor with disabilities and sentenced him to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment on Wednesday.Public prosecutor Pranay Rai said Mohammad Hasim, a special educator ...

    10 April 2025 Times of India
    Cold-weather flu strain continues into summer, lays Kolkata low

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    Kol Police cracks down on Dalhousie 2-lane parking, plans to install CCTVs

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    Murshidabad violence: 4 cops injured in stone-pelting during Waqf protest, police vehicles torched; 18 detained

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    State seeks urgent SC hearing on terminations

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    Releases during IPL no more a worry for Tolly filmmakers

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    Cricket lovers take heat in stride with hats, sunscreen & chilled lemonade

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    CIT Road residents wake up to clamped cars after KMC-cop drive

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    Scuffle, cop plaint over Israeli flag at Ram Navami rallies

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    Not token job, raze illegal bldgs to make them uninhabitable: KMC

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